I needed a masculine Christmas card to send to my pastor at Church. Since he is unmarried, I didn't feel like I could "dress it up" all pretty with ribbons and bling, so I opted for just glitter on the image and used some bronze metal dots rather than bling. Even though I miss the "pretties", I thought the colors, embossing and tree sparkle were enough to make it look good, but not too feminine. I least I hope that's what I achieved anyway.
.I used Merry Moments DSP #SU# for the patterned papers, and I embossed the image and red band with Swiss Dots EF and the second panel, with the branches, with Circle Snowflakes EF to give it a bit of texture.
.Added some tiny snowflakes to each corner with the bronze metal dots and added 2 bronze metal dots to either side on the image on the red panel.
.I popped up the main image panels on dimensionals for a little extra depth.
.It was really hard not to add ribbon or bling, but I think I was able to get away with it on this one!
Thanks so much for taking the time to visit and if you have a chance, let me know what you think.
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009 GMT Views: 3523
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Registered: July 18, 2006 Location: Beautiful, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 24229
Thu, Nov 19, 2009 @ 2:18 PM
Like this one too
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Thu, Nov 19, 2009 @ 11:04 PM
Pam.....this is one of the most beautiful Christmas cards I've seen....masculine or otherwise!! The layout is just beautiful, clean, simple and elegant....I love it.
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Registered: June 14, 2008 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 6675
Fri, Nov 20, 2009 @ 4:56 PM
Wow - this is stunning Pam, it is both beautiful and masculine! Love this set and it works so well with the SC for this week! I am sure your Pastor will love it - a single pastor - hmmm - I am sure he doesn't lack dinner invitations! LOL! Did I really write that!?!? LOL! I love the Dp and the embossed panel too Pam - perfect! Thanks for sharing! God bless you! {{{hugs}}}
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Fri, Nov 20, 2009 @ 7:59 PM
Gorgeous, this is fabulous for a single guy. Love the layout, papers, colors and that ever so awesome image. You have been BUSY girl.. Awesome Christmas cards.